A MOUNTAINOUS CONCLUSION

CHANGE IS ON THE WINDS!

I know, I know! I haven't posted in nearly a month and I really don't have a good excuse. As compensation I'm putting up an larger post today! I DID start school again so my time is a LOT shorter than it was over winter break. You should see how rarely I've been processing new photos — let alone shooting. So I've decided that when I am NOT on break from school I will NOT be posting as regularly as I was. Don't worry, I won't abandon you all, I'll still post whenever I find the time but it won't be as often. Maybe once a week for now. Rest assured though, on breaks from school I'll be back on here at least every day! 

HDR SPOTTING

I check HDR Spotting many times a week to see what new and exciting things there are to see. There are some really astounding photos on there — very inspirational.

DAILY PHOTO - A MOUNTAINOUS CONCLUSION

Here is another shot from my trip to Colombia, this one was a favorite of buyers at the Pinecrest Art Festival which took place here in Miami last weekend. I blew it up really large, framed it and all that good stuff we do to make our photos presentable. 

The sunsets up in the mountains there are always spectacular, they never disappoint. The colors can get really psychedelic on occasion  mostly from the altitude. I had to climb back onto the chimney again to get high enough for this one but luckily, it was at the end of the day, not the morning, so my brain was moving along perfectly fine.

A DISTANT CASCADE

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I'm excited to see what this new year brings! Hopefully, today's photos are inspirational moments that indicate many more inspirational moments in the next year!

DAILY PHOTO - A DISTANT CASCADE
The middle area of Colombia has countless mountains. They seem to never end. It can also get frustrating when you can't ask anyone for directions because you can go for miles without seeing anyone. It also can take a very long time to go over one mountain and down another because the road twists and curves so often. Every additional rise can take about twenty to forty minutes to drive over.

After finally getting to a small town in the middle of nowhere and driving down a small dirt road to a decrepit little power plant, I left that car parked there and continued my little journey on foot. I followed a small trail that climbed and fell and looped and even became so faint at times that if I didn't already spend so much time in nature, I wouldn't have been able to tell which way it went! The scenery gradually started shifting from grassy knolls dotted with boulders, to leading into the woods, to bluffs overlooking the turbulent river, and back to knolls. After hiking for a couple hours, I finally arrived at this gigantic waterfall. Because it was going to be getting dark soon after this, I couldn't spend too much time photographing this colossal splendor. I don't think that even photos can convey how colossal this waterfall is. I was humbled by how every stone seemed to be ten times as large as myself. I felt like I had been shrunk down by the sheer immensity of everything around me. It was a truly humbling experience. Here are some of my favorites:

THE HECTIC STREETS OF COLOMBIA

MY SHORT LEAVE OF ABSENCE

I know I haven't been posting nearly every day anymore and I'm sorry to say, that starting tomorrow, I'll have no connection to the outside world until Tuesday. I'll be traveling up into the mountains of Colombia to stay at a beautiful house at the top of a large hill with a tumultuous river running through the bottom of the gorge. Great photo opportunities! 

DAILY PHOTO - THE HECTIC STREETS OF COLOMBIA

I love getting up to the high points in cities to get a nice perspective. The tops of many tall buildings have bars or restaurants where you can take photos. No one ever really seems to mind. One major problem though, is the lights inside the bar. They bounce off the windows and create some really bad reflections. I know some photographers who will talk to someone who works there and get them to turn off most of the lights a couple minutes to take the photo. Make sure to set up everything first since as soon as the lights go out you have a very short time to get the shot.